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Zola

Y'all wanna hear a story?

6.2(300)20211h 26m3

A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$3.5M
Language
English
  • florida
  • waitress
  • narration
  • stripper
  • based on true story
  • pole dancer
  • boyfriend
  • twitter
  • road movie
  • woman director
  • sex worker
  • tampa, florida

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival24 Jan 2020
    • TheatricalR30 Jun 2021
    • Digital / OTTRA24 Screening Room21 Jul 2021
    • Digital / OTTR23 Jul 2021
    • PhysicalR14 Sept 2021
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical186 Aug 2021
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival13 Aug 2021
    • TheatricalMA15+18 Nov 2021
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical30 Jun 2021
    • TVSuper Écran22 Oct 2021
  • DenmarkDK

    • Digital / OTT1530 Jun 2021
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical (limited)K-1630 Jun 2021
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTT31 Oct 2021
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical186 Aug 2021
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Digital / OTT1830 Jun 2021
  • NorwayNO

    • Theatrical (limited)1830 Jun 2021
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT1814 Aug 2021
  • RussiaRU

    • Digital / OTT18+1 Nov 2021

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Zola was released on 30 June 2021.

Audience reviews

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    Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

    3/27/2020

    7/10

    “You wanna hear a story about why me and this b--ch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” On paper (or on an iPhone screen), “Zola” sounds like one of the worst ever ideas for a feature-length film. Based on a real-life Twitter thread between a Hooters waitress and a stripper, this stranger than fiction story played out over social media in 2015 — and damn if it doesn’t make for a wildly original…

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    beyondthecineramadome

    6/20/2022

    10/10

    Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/american-nightmare-zola-review<a> Janicza Bravo’s long-awaited star of Sundance, _@zola_, could not feel more timely, despite the year-long delay. Adapted from the viral Twitter thread of 2015 by Aziah “Zola” King, @zola tells the story of a trip to Tampa gone horribly wrong. After a chance meeting in a Detroit restaurant, Zola (an i…

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    r96sk

    7/11/2022

    8/10

    Different, but I actually liked it. <em>'Zola'</em> takes a few scenes to get into it and to get used to the stylistic choices, namely with the editing and dialogue, though by the end I did in fact enjoy this film. It's a bonkers story, one that I semi heard about when it became known that a film was going to be made based on a thread of tweets. It's probably much better than it was any right to be in truth, al…

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